2005 · adventure · war
River Queen
Directed by Vincent Ward1h 54m2005
In 1860s New Zealand, a young Irish woman desperately trying to find her son finds herself caught on both sides of the lines during the wars between Māori tribes and the British colonial army.
Our read: River Queen (2005) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded adventure · war entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured adventure / war, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
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